The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for multiple conditions, including degenerative disc disease of the hips, residuals of a left clavicle injury, and a right wrist disorder. The appeals were reopened on new evidence but ultimately denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not established for any of the claimed conditions due to lack of sufficient evidence supporting their onset or relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the hips, residuals of left clavicle injury, right wrist disorder, multiple joint arthralgia/multiple joint ache, keloids to the back and neck
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0314136
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims for further development.
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